Renewed Hope Act

This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to hire, train, and assign at least 200 forensics analysts and child exploitation investigators to help identify and rescue child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse. These positions could not be moved to other parts of the department, and employees could only be reassigned if they chose to be. The bill would let the department hire some candidates directly without standard hiring rules, create a victim identification training program for law enforcement and other groups, and set up procedures to coordinate investigations. It would also require law enforcement and certain department staff to keep victim information secure and use it only for listed purposes.

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Sponsors

• Laurel M. Lee Republican sponsor
• 16 cosponsors